OLD STYLE & NEW STYLE DATES FOR THE QUAKER CALENDAR
You are probably familiar with the change from the Julian to the Gregorian
calendar in 1752/53. Because of the Quaker custom of not using standard
names for months there is some modern confusion when refering to pre-1752
Quaker records. The following table should be of assistance.
OLD STYLE NEW STYLE
(Before 1753 the QUAKER (After Jan 1, 1753)
year began
in March)
March (before 1753) 1st Month January (after 1753)
April 2nd Month February
May 3rd Month March
June 4th Month April
July 5th Month May
August 6th Month June
September 7th Month July
October 8th Month August
November 9th Month September
December 10th Month October
January 11th Month November
February 12th Month December
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 4:43 PM, Joyce Herzog <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've got a lot of Quakers in the 17th century. They use the month number.
> Does anyone know the Juliam date translated from Quaker: 14 of Third Month
> 1622? I tried to find it on Family search, but couldn't find it.
>
> Thanks,
> Joyce
>
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